Shipping and display container



May 12, 1931. M. M. EINSON 1,804,826

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INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK SHIPPING AND DISPLAY CONTAINERApplication filed May 5, 1928. Serial No. 275,325.

The invention relates to that type of container which may be shipped incollapsible form by the manufacturer and Which can be easily and quicklyassembled by a whole- U saler to receive the articles which are to beshipped and dis layed therein, and which can be so arranged y theretailer to artistically display and advertise the articles containedtherein for sale.

One of the objects of this invention is to produce a shipping anddisplay container simple in construction and inexpensive to manufactureand which will be artistic in appearance when on display.

Another object of the inventon is to produce a shipping and displaydevice which will have two compartments in which articles of manufacturecan be shipped and displayed,

the top of each compartment being open to facilitate the removal ofmerchandise therefrom by the vendor when a purchase is made.

Another object of my invention is to produce a shipping and displaycontainer in which a plurality of compartments are provided in staggeredrelation, the rear compartment being above the front compartment wherebymerchandise displayed therein will stand above and behind themerchandise displayed in the front compartment.

A further object of my invention is to.

provide a shipping and display container having integral with one wallthereof a flat portion which is bent backward and down against thecontainer when it is being shipped and which may be folded to allow itsfree end to be locked behind the container for providing a support forthe container when it is in display position. 2

With these and other objects in view, to be more fully set forthhereinafter, the invent-ion consists in the novel construction,combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction herein described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconce t suggests a practical embodiment thereof, ut the invention is notto be restricted to the exact to designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and more specifically defined andindicated in the appended claims.

Attention is directed to the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a perspectiveview illustrating my shipping and display container ready fore shipment;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation illustrating my container in dis layposition;

Fig. 3 is a si e elevation of the device in position as illustrated inFig. 2-

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on lines 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on lines 55 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the punched and scored blank from which thecontainer is formed;

Fig. 7- is a sectional view of one modification of the invention;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 88 of Fig. 7;

Fi 9 is a plan view of the blank used in form the invention as shown inFigs. 10

1 of the container and dividing it into portions 6 and 7. A similar cutportion 8 is provided across the sides 2 dividing them into sections 9and 10. As shown in Fig. 6, a scored line 12 is provided across the back4 dividing the back into portions 13 and 14.

The lower end of the front portion 6 and side portions 10 are providedwith wings 15 and 16, respectively, the wing 15 being foldable along thescored lines 17 and 18, the wings 16 being foldable along scored lines19. The wings 16 together with that portion of the wing 15 lying betweenthe lines 17 and 18 are adapted to be positioned at right angles totheir attached surfaces while the extremity of the wing 16 is adapted tolie parallel to the portion 14 thus closing the lower end of thecontainer in the conventional manner.

The upper portion 13 of the back 4, together with the upper portion 9 ofthe sides 2, are provided with similar wings 20 and 21,

' respectively, the wing 20 being foldable along the scored lines 22 and23, while the wings 21 are foldable along the scored lines 24, it beingadapted to cooperate similarly to the wings 15 and 16 to form a closurefor the upper end of the container. The front 1 is provided along itslateral edge to divided wing 26, which is adapted to be secured as bygluing or the like to the opposite sides 2 to form the rectangular bodyof the container. On the opposite extremity of the front 1 to which thewing 15 is secured cuts 26 are provided to form a member 27 foldablealong the scored line 28.

While folded for shippng, as shown in Fig. 1, the member 27 is adaptedto lie fiat against the face 1 of the container. When it is desired todisplay the goods contained the back 4 is folded along the scored lines12, the sides and front being parted along the lines 8 and 9,respectively. The member 27 is then folded out in the plane of theportion 7 of the front 1. Side wings 29 are folded along the scoredlines 30 at right angles to the body 31 of the member 27 their edgesbearing against the lower portion 14 of the back 4. The portion 32 ofthe member 27 is bent at right angles to the body 31 while the extremeend 33 is adapted to fold between the back 1 and the extremity of thewing 15 and thus beengaged within the container, the member 27 thusforming a supporting structure for the container while in displayposition. The upper portion 7 of the front 1 in this position acts asthe back of the second com artment while the upper portion 13 of the ack4 folds against the lower portibn 14 and acts as the front of the secondcontainer. Thetwo compartments are thus arrangedin staggered positionwhereby the merchandise in the second will be observable over the top ofthe merchandise displayed in the first. The respective depths of the twocompartments may be readily varied by varying the distance of the scoredlines 12 from the bottom of the back 4 and by varying the cut portions 5and 8 accordingly.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 7, 8 and 9, a modification of theinvention is disclosed in which the supporting member 27 is provided asa detached portion of the con-' tainer. The member 35 is provided withside wings 86 including tabs 37 which are adapted to pass through theback 4 and bent over to secure the wings 36 at right angles thereto. Theupper portion 38 is adapted to be received between the wing 20 and thefront portion 7. The lower portion is bent along the scored lines 39 toprovide a supporting surface. At one extremity thereof is an additionalbent-up portion adapted to be received between the portion 16 and theback 4 and the extremity of the wing 15 thus providing a convenientremovable supporting structure for the display container. 7

A further modification of the invention is also illustrated in Figs. 10,11 and 12, in which a removable supporting element 40 is provided,having side wings 41 foldable along the lines 42, the side wings 41being providedwith tabs 43, which are adapted to pass through the wing20 and to be thus engageable therewith, while the upper portion of themember 40 is provided with an extension 44, having tabs 45, theextension 44 being adapted to lie against the top portion 7 of the front1, the tabs 45 being extended therethrough for engagement therewith, thelower edges of the portion 40 and side wings 41 being adapted to providea supporting surface for retaining the device in display position.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I havedescribed my invention, but I desire it understood that it is notconfined to the particular form shown and described, the same beingmerely illustrative, and that the invention can be carried out in otherways without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore, Iclaim broadly the right to employ all equivalent instrumentalitiescoming within the scope of the appended claims, and by means of which,objects of my invention are attained and new results accomplished as itisobvious that the particular embodiments herein shown and described areonly some of many that can be employed to attain these objects andaccomplish these results.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s:

1..A packing and display container, out, bent, and formed from a singleblank of material transversely foldable to provide a staggered pair ofopen ended display racks, the back of the assembly including at one endan integrally formed, extending foldable member arranged to extenddownwardly from the back to the supporting surface and forwardly on thesupportin surface to the back of the lower display raci, thus to providea supporting easel for the device'when in display position.

2. A packing and display container, cut, bent, and formed from a singleblank of material transversely foldable to provide a staggered pair ofopen ended display racks, the back of the assembly includlng atone endan integrally formed, extending foldable member arranged to extenddownwardly from the back to the supporting surface and forwardly on thesupporting surface to the back of the lower display rack, thus toprovide a supporting easel for the device when in display position, theforward end of said member being foldable to extend vertically upwardfrom the supporting surface and to be received between the bottom and"back of the lower rack to lock same in adjusted position.

3. A packing and display container, cut, bent, and formed from a singleblank of ma-' terial transversely foldable to provide a staggered pairof open ended display racks, the back of the assembly including at oneend an integrally formed, extending foldable member arranged to extenddownwardly from the back to the supporting surface and forwardly on thesupporting surface to the back of the lower display rack, thus toprovide a supporting easel for the device when in display position, theforward end of said member being foldable to extend vertically up wardfrom the supporting surface and to be received between the bottom andback of the lower rack to lock same in adjusted position, said extensionfurther including ver- 'tical fold lines forming side wings arranged tobe folded at right angles to the backs of the display racks and to abutthe back of the forward display rack to assist in supporting the racks.

4. A shipping container, out, bent, and formed from a single piece ofmaterial and folded into substantial rectangular forma-.

tion and transversely cut to be folded across its back on a line spacedfrom the center of the back to provide for disposal of the two sectionsin parallel staggered relation, and an integral extending memberindependent of the closure of the container to be folded to extenddownwardly from the bottom of the rear display compartment and to engagethe bottom of the forward display compartment.

This specification signed this 3rd day 0 May, 1928.

MORRIS M. EINSON.

